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Fumes is a Mad Max-tinted open world Twisted Metal full of absolutely furious rally carsPositively smoking
Positively smoking
Image credit:Fumes team
Image credit:Fumes team
It’s anopen worldcombat racer with boisterous arcade handling, pop-out guns that wiggle about like hood ornaments, some kaiju-wannabe boss vehicles, a delightfully crunchy, sooty artstyle and a passably earwormy metal soundtrack. I’m notentirelyconvinced it has longevity beyond its impeccably scorched and dented PS1 vibes, but I definitely think you should try the demo, now that the early access version is out.
At the very least, you can watch the latest trailer, below, though I must caution you that it was made for the PC Gaming Show and contains PCGamer branding. Don’t worry: there are representations of rocks and shotguns in the footage, too, and some of those bits of flying detritus are likely pieces of paper. Thanks for the promotion, FUMES team!
FUMES Gameplay Trailer - PC Gaming Show 2024Watch on YouTube
FUMES Gameplay Trailer - PC Gaming Show 2024
I’m not sure if Fumes has a story beyond the timeless Dostoevskian tale of cars killing cars for parts, but it has a storied landscape. Travel far enough in a direction and you’ll encounter beached tankers (some of which have monster tyres), skeletal oil rigs and some surprisingly green and flourishing swathes of forestland. I’m not trying to portray this as a meticulous piece of found storytelling, but there are hints of a pre-apocalyptic past to occupy the voyager when you aren’t busy murdering icecream vans. Anyway, they’re saying it’ll be in early access for roughly a year, with the current build offering “all core features and a few hours of gameplay”.
